Project management methodology refers to the processes,
templates, techniques, roles and other aspects of the model you
use for managing projects. The processes used to manage a
project are well known - planning, scheduling, budgeting,
estimating, communicating, etc. However, different organizations
build different models for how they think about and implement
project management.

The purpose of this webinar is to provide insights into many of
the ways that different companies establish their models for
project management. We will then look at a specific project
management model called MPMM to see how that product activates
the various aspects of project management methodology.

Participants will also receive a special discount code to MPMM
that will save you money.

For many years, there were two major approaches for structuring
Information Technology (IT) development projects - traditional
waterfall or iterative development. New approaches are now
available that fall under the general category of “light” or
Agile methodologies. Calling them methodologies is probably too
broad a word. It might be better to refer to them as development
approaches, or even philosophies.
The purpose of this webinar is to provide a quick overview of
Agile terminology, concepts and roles. The webinar will also
highlight an Agile lifecycle model so that attendees can see how
an Agile project could be structured from start to finish. By
the end of the session students will see why these Agile
processes are exciting and unique.

You are probably all familiar with Agile. The
term has historically applied to IT development work, but is now
more of a general project mindset about delivering project value
early in short iterations. (That being said, it is still
predominantly an IT development model.) Agile is becoming more
and more important in the future for organizations of all kinds.

One of the perceived weaknesses of Agile is that
it worked great on small teams, but was not so easy to scale up
to organizations that
have hundreds (or thousands) of team members. A few years ago,
an Agile framework was created by Dean Leffingwell called the
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). (www.scaledagileframework.com/).
It is a model for scaling up Agile to 50, 100, 1000+ people.
This is a unique and interesting model that is being used by
more and more large companies to scale Agile to the enterprise
level.

Your speaker, Tom Mochal, is a SAFe Certified Professional
(SPC4). He will describe the SAFE framework. Join us for a
fascinating discussion to see if this is the right model for
your organization.

We should all have a pretty good idea of what a project is.
These are the temporary endeavors that allow us to get new work
done. Portfolios, on the other hand, are collections of work.
The work could all be projects, in which case we would be
practicing Project Portfolio Management. But other work can be
in the portfolio as well.

There are processes used to manage projects and manage
portfolios. The problem in many organizations is that these
processes are not in alignment. We refer to this as "dysfunctionality".
Usually it means that there are portfolio processes that get in
the way of project management processes. This results in project
managers struggling to complete projects successfully. Usually
these struggles are unnecessary. It is a matter of recognizing
and removing these misaligned processes.

The purpose of this webinar is to identify some of these common
dysfunctionalities, and discuss what needs to be done to get the
processes aligned. We look forward to you joining us.

Governance is the term used to describe the creation and
enforcement of your processes, policies and standards. There are
two components - defining good processes and enforcing them.
Governance is a top-down management process and requires each
manager to be accountable for ensuring their direct reports
follow the rules.

Implementing good project management practices requires some
level of governance. The governance is typically applied by the
manager of the project manager and the sponsor. These managers
don’t need to be involved in every detail of the project.
However, there are a number of areas where they need to be
involved to make sure the project is progressing as it should.

The purpose of this webinar is to explain the role of governance
on projects and explain the likely touchpoints where the
governance is applied.

Recently over 20 global TenStep managers came to Atlanta for a
two-day class on organization assessments using the aPRO model
from the asapm - the member affiliate of the IPMA organization.
This is a simple yet holistic assessment of your ability to
implement projects successfully. It takes into account strategic
alignment of projects, executive leadership, allocation of
resources, use of methodology, skills and development actions,
and more. We think this is a great organization assessment model
for projects and project management. Armed with assessment
results you can rapidly make more effective decisions that
increase overall organizational performance.

Many people hear the terms projects, programs and
portfolios, but are not sure what they all mean and
how they fit together. All three are structures that
allow you to organize certain types of work. It is
important to understand the nature of the work so
that you can apply the right process. For example,
if you apply program management processes to a
portfolio, the results will not be what you expect.

Join us for a discussion where we compare and
contrast these three fundamental work
processes. The results may surprise you.

You have probably heard us say that TenStep helps
organizations build an environment where projects
are successful. You might have wondered what this
really means. Now is the time to find out.

The purpose of this free webinar is to describe the
TenStep approach to organization effectiveness. It
is more than templates and training. We will lay out
a model where processes are aligned, roles are clear
and people are well trained. After the webinar you
can evaluate your own organization to see how close
or how far you are to this model.

All projects have customers and a sponsor. The sponsor authored
the Business Case (cost/benefit) for the project and is
responsible for the project from a business perspective. The
customers are the people that are the direct beneficiaries of
the benefits from the project.

It is important that the sponsor and the customers be engaged in
the project. In many cases this is not a problem. But it seems
that many times they are not involved to the level they need to
be. Sometimes the lack of engagement is a sign of a lack of
interest. Other times they just have too much to do in their own
operational role.

The purpose of this webinar is to discuss the parts of a project
where sponsor and customer interaction is key. We will also look
at ways to heighten their engagement in the project when
necessary.

You may have noticed there are many models for a Project
Management Offices (PMO). There are some basic differences that
are pointed out by the name variance. For example, Project
Management Office, Portfolio Management Office, Enterprise PMO,
etc. Then there are many differences in the responsibilities of
a PMO. In fact, there are almost as many PMO varieties as there
are companies with a PMO.

Join us to make sense of all this. Once you know the options and
the varieties you can better decide which model is right for
you.

A reactive Project Manager tries to resolve issues when they
occur. A proactive Project Manager tries to resolve potential
problems before they occur. Many problems can be seen ahead of
time. Risk management is a proactive process to eliminate these
potential problems before they occur, and therefore increase the
likelihood of success on the project.

Many project managers do not proactively manage risks. It is a
shame. It is really not a hard process. You can be effective in
four easy steps. Attend the webinar to learn more.

The field of project management is not static. The nature of
projects ten years ago is not the same as projects ten years
from now. Therefore, the approaches and processes that worked
ten years ago are not going to be adequate ten years from now.
In this webinar we will discuss future trends in project,
program and portfolio management. We will also discuss how the
role of the project manager will likely evolve. The conclusions
are based on the experience and perceptions of Tom Mochal and
the other senior managers at TenStep. Join us and add your
opinions as well.

The world is
going green. We are collectively realizing that we do not have an unlimited
amount of air or water or space to continue to utilize resources as we have done
in the past. How can we apply these “green” concepts to our project management
discipline? One obvious way is that we can manage green projects more
efficiently. The sooner that project ends, the sooner the green benefits will be
achieved.

Most project
managers however, do not manage these kinds of projects. Most of us manage
projects such as installing a new software package or upgrading network
infrastructure. How can these projects become more environmentally friendly?

The answer is
Green Project Management (GreenPM). Green Project Management is a model where we
think green throughout our project and make decisions that take into account the
impact on the environment – if any. It is a way to ingrain “GreenThink” into
every project management process.

Over the past 15 years, Agile development models
have moved from the underground to the mainstream. At the same
time, the nature of Agile has also changed. The pure Agile model
of 15 years ago has been refined, expanded and made friendlier
to corporate America.

While it is true that many companies have successfully
implemented a pure Agile model, it is more common that companies
implement a hybrid. In other words, they take the basics of
Agile and merge in some compromises to be able to exist
within organization parameters. For example, does your Agile
team create a status report? If so, you have made an Agile
compromise. Does your Agile team have a project manager? If so,
you have made a compromise.

Listen to this session to hear how many companies implement a
hybrid Agile model - successfully combining Agile techniques
while supporting traditional organization processes as well.

When projects get very, very, very large it is very difficult to
deliver them successfully - even with good project management
discipline. They are just too complex to manage as a single,
coherent project. A better approach is to break up the very
large projects into multiple smaller projects. It is easier to
be successful on each of these multiple smaller projects than
the one large project. Some of these smaller projects may still
be large, but they are not as large as the entire initiative.

Programs are a structure that allows you to manage a group of
projects to achieve overall benefits that are greater than what
could be delivered from managing the projects separately. The
program, then, allows us the best of both worlds. The very large
initiative is broken down into many smaller projects and the
program is then used to coordinate the projects to make sure
that the common objectives and common benefits are achieved.

At TenStep, we have had program management training and
consulting services for many years. Now we have a methodology
product as well. ProgramStep provides a clear and comprehensive
set of processes and techniques for managing programs.

The purpose of this webinar is to provide a short overview of
program management and then discuss TenStep's newest methodology
product - ProgramStep. We will go over the philosophy of
ProgramStep and the underlying program management model. We will
show how you can utilize ProgramStep to successfully manage
programs in your organization.

Organizations have goals and strategies to
help them reach their future state. Projects are the way to
achieve these goals and strategies. (Support and operations
are important, but they do not help you reach your future
state.) This makes it essential that your organization is
able to execute projects successfully.

This webinar is focused on
helping organizations successfully execute projects by implementing
scalable project management practices.
It is interesting and informative - perhaps even
eye-opening.
We will also spend a few minutes describing how TenStep can help
companies in this important effort.

Many (perhaps
most) organizations do not follow common and consistent project
management practices.

Implementing
project management practices requires people to change how they
do their job. This means that the deployment effort should be
seen as a culture change initiative. Training and templates are
part of the answer, but there is a lot more to it than that.
Culture change initiatives require a holistic and multifaceted
approach – one that has long-term sponsorship and staying power.
It would not be unusual for a large organization to take three
years (or longer) to successfully implement a project management
culture, while a small organization will take up to a year or
more.

Listen to this
webinar to hear Tom Mochal discuss what is required to implement
project management practices.

Project management processes must provide value to a project,
and the way to make sure that they provide value is to make sure
they are scalable. Large projects need more rigorous processes.
Small projects need lighter, agile processes. This webinar
will explore the concept of implementing value-added, scalable
project management processes. It is a must-view webinar for PMOs
and organizations trying to implement good project management
without getting too bureaucratic.

Organizations around the world are implementing formal project
management processes and disciplines to deliver their work
initiatives on time, within budget and to an agreed upon level
of quality. Many organizations have focused this effort using a
Project Management Office (PMO).

Unfortunately PMOs can quickly be viewed as an overheard
organization that are a barrier to the swift completion of
projects. Of course, that is just the opposite of what they
should be doing. In fact, the focus of the PMO should be to help
projects execute better, faster and cheaper.

The focus of this webinar is how to build a the “Value-Add” PMO.
You can also use these techniques to validate that your current
PMO is providing the value you need.

When is the last time
you worked on a project that was planned and executed perfectly
and where you met expectations in terms of budget, deadline and
product quality? Although no project is absolutely perfect, most
projects are completed with an “acceptable” amount of problems
and stress.

Of course, there are
some projects that actually are in real trouble. These projects
have significant problems in meeting their deadline, budget or
deliverables – perhaps all three. The purpose of this
webinar is to
help determine whether a project is “troubled” and if so, to lay
out a process to turn the project around.

There are not many full project management
methodologies available on the market. The Method123
Project Management Process (MPMM) is one of the
best. MPMM includes an entire methodology for
managing projects. It steps you through every phase,
activity and task needed to complete a project from
start to finish.

MPMM is a methodology because it contains more than
just process descriptions. MPMM includes a full set
of templates, completed examples, techniques,
e-learning, and much more. It also comes with a full
content management system which makes navigating the
methodology very easy.

We are also excited to launch MPMM V6. This new
version comes with complete integration with the
PMBOK® Guide from PMI®. Now you have the content of MPMM along with extended and related content from
the PMBOK® Guide. It is a great combination.

During this webinar you will also get a quick tour
of MPMM Program (for program management) and IT
Lifecycle (for IT development projects).

Join us. You will learn about MPMM but you will also
learn how a full methodology is structured and
defined.

Most
organizations implement project management
in an ad-hoc manner. These organizations
focus on the project managers and provide
them with training and templates. This is a
good start, but it is not going to result in
a strong project-driven culture. In fact,
the majority of problems encountered in
culture change initiatives of this type
originate in the management ranks. These
managers typically think it is up to the
project managers to deploy project
management successfully, but in reality the
success or failure of the initiative is
within their control. All of the management
hierarchy has a key role to play in ensuring
their organizations successfully implement
the project management discipline. This
webinar describes the role of management in
creating this project-driven culture.

Outsourcing project work is more common today than ever. In the
past many managers felt that if they outsourced the work, they
also outsourced the problems. Most managers today know that this
is not the case. Even though you outsource work, you cannot
outsource your obligation to make sure the project is
progressing smoothly.

Unfortunately, in many instances, the vendor does not perform
against expectations.
Tune into this webinar to hear the key elements and techniques
for managing your critical outsourced projects.

Much of the work that you do can be organized as a project. When
the projects are large, they
need to be managed with formal project management discipline.

But many projects are not large. They are small work efforts
that need to be organized and managed efficiently, but not with
the full rigor and structure of formal project management
discipline. These are the projects of accountants, teachers,
administrators and many others. These projects represent the
vast majority of all work executed in businesses all over the
world.

This webinar describes fundamental work management techniques
and skills for these non-project management professionals.
Attendees will see how to understand the work that is requested,
how to organize the work, how to manage the work and how to
execute the work.

Process mapping is a way to gain an understanding of your
business processes at a detailed level, allowing you to see the
redundancies, the extra handoffs and the inefficiencies that are
occurring on an ongoing basis. Mapping provides a precise syntax
of pictures and words that allow you to see what is going on and
identify process improvements in terms of cost, time, effort,
safety, governance, etc.

Tom Mochal covers the basics of process mapping, and then
discusses the major benefits organizations gain by mapping their
business processes.

Today,
business is more complex than ever before. Technology,
resources, people and ideas can be acquired from all around the
world. It makes both operations and projects increasingly
complex and international. What does it mean for project
managers? How should they deal with extremely risky global
environment? What are the ways to establish successful
cooperation among people representing different cultures? Of
course, we also have to achieve our project objectives on-time
and within budget.

TenStep is also a global company and we understand these
challenges. Attend this session to learn tips and traps for
managing global projects

Organizations are becoming more
and more conscious of the environment and sustainable
processes. PMOs have a lot to contribute in this initiative.
A Green PMO is one that helps implement green processes in a
company. This includes Green Project Management, Green
Portfolio Management, Green Governance and more. Learn what
it takes to move from a "normal" PMO to a Green PMO.

The Project Charter and Scope Statement describe "what" your
project will achieve. The schedule tells you "how" you are going
to achieve it. This webinar will focus on the project schedule
and how to make it more valuable to your project. We will start
with some fundamentals that you know but have probably
forgotten. Then we will proceed into approaches and techniques
to provide new insight into scheduling. We think you will find
some new ideas and new motivations for the traditional project
schedule.

This is a joint webinar presented by Tom Mochal, President of
TenStep and Jason Westland, President of Method123.

Organizations all over the world are trying to get better at
project management. For the vast majority of companies this
means using their own employee backgrounds and experiences to
map a course for improvement. This approach is fine but it also
limiting. Different people have different views for what an
optimized project management organization looks like.

In
this webinar we will discuss assessments in general, and three models in
particular - OPM3® from PMI®, aPRO from asapm and CMMI. You will learn the value
associated with an organization assessment, plus an overview of these three
project management standards.

No company has the resources
to meet all of its business needs. This is true in the best of
times. It certainly is even truer when times are tough. Even if
your company is a rare one that has all the money it needs, you
definitely do not have the people to complete everything you
would like. Portfolio management is a process to ensure that
your company spends its scarce resources on the work that is of
the most value to your company, and work that is most closely
aligned to your business goals and strategies.

This webinar shows attendees the many aspects of portfolio
management that must be understood before the concepts can be
deployed.

One of the greatest challenges that company management faces is
how to successfully achieve its mission (reason for existing),
move toward its vision (desired perfect future state) and
achieve its goals (higher-level business outcomes) consistent
with its strategy (how the goals are achieved). It can only be
done through a coordinated effort from the entire company. Each
division - Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, HR, IT, etc. - must
do its part for the entire enterprise to be successful.
Alignment is a very powerful process for making sure everyone is
pulling the same direction.

Full alignment is not easy, especially at first. In fact, it is
very difficult, which is why few organizations achieve it. Like
all culture change initiatives it takes management focus,
perseverance and courage. The purpose of this webinar is to
explore the challenges and value toward fully implementing an
Aligned Enterprise.

Many projects run on
their own without a lot of oversight. Sponsors may monitor the
project but usually rely on feedback from the project manager to
know how the project is progressing. In some instances, however,
there is a need for a third-party to assess a project to gain an
independent view of how it is progressing. Depending on the
formality, these can also be called "project audits".

In this webinar we
will discuss an approaches and techniques for assessing a
project. The purpose is
not just to check
its status against schedule, cost and scope, but also to check
how well it is following standard processes.

Project
management is used to proactively initiate, plan, manage and
close projects. Portfolios are collections of work that are
managed in a way to optimize the business value of the projects
running within. Projects are managed by project managers.
Portfolios are monitored by your management team. It is
important that the project management and portfolio management
processes are aligned so that each process can be executed as
effectively as possible.

When your
portfolio of work has one or two dozen projects it is possible
to keep track of what is going on with a minimum toolset.
However, these simple tools are more and more problematic as you
get 50, 100 and more projects in your portfolio. At that point
you need to give serious thoughts to a robust software solution.
At this webinar you will hear from the best - Planisware.

This webinar will
focus in two areas. First is the connection between the project
management and portfolio management processes. This is
information all of you should understand. The second part will
be a demo of the Planisware software tool. Planisware provides
Enterprise Project & Product Portfolio Management software
solutions that support the end-to-end governance of company
portfolios.

Projects are the way that your company moves toward
its desired future state. Project management is an
enabler to help you execute these projects
successfully. This session looks at the value of
project management as a general discipline. We then
discuss how each project management process
contributes to and enables project success. It seems
project managers get kicked around a lot by clients,
sponsors and team members that do not understand
project management. This session also serves as a
pep talk to project managers and reminds us all of
the value project management provides to projects
and to the organization. Let’s hear it for project
managers! You will feel much better about yourself
at the end of this session.

The project sponsor is the person
that creates the Business Case highlighting the
project benefits, costs and alignment to the
strategy. If a project was approved, it used to be
that the project manager was responsible for
delivering a project on time, within budget and with
the complete scope. If the project was completed
within expectations, the project manager could then
walk away as a success - regardless of whether the
project benefits were achieved or not.

Today, that line is being blurred, Project managers are
increasingly being asked to understand the project
benefits, and to manage the project in a way that
will make it more likely the business benefits will
be achieved.

This is a pretty new change to the
project management model. Join us to hear Tom Mochal
describe these new responsibilities and how it can
impact the job of every project manager.

When projects get very, very, very large it is very
difficult to deliver them successfully - even with
good project management discipline. A better
approach is to break up the very large projects into
multiple smaller projects. It is easier to be
successful on each of these multiple smaller
projects than the one large project.

Programs are a structure that allows you to manage a
group of projects to achieve overall benefits that
are greater than what could be delivered from
managing the projects separately. The program, then,
allows us the best of both worlds. The very large
initiative is broken down into many smaller projects
and the program is then used to coordinate the
projects to make sure that the common objectives and
common benefits are achieved.

The purpose of this webinar is to describe programs
and how they differ from projects. We will see how a
program helps to realize the benefits of very large
business initiatives.

All projects should be managed well using good
processes for scheduling, budgeting, communication,
risk management, etc. However, the purpose of the
project is not project management. The purpose of
the project is to build something. The process that
you use to build the deliverables is referred to as
the "lifecycle".

There are many lifecycle models depending on the
type of deliverables you are building. In this
webinar we will explore the three major types of IT
development lifecycles - waterfall, iterative and
Agile. We will compare and contrast them to see
which ones make most sense for your projects.

Organizations set goals and strategies to define their desired
future state. Everything else falls out from there - portfolios,
programs, projects, operations, etc. The goals focus on what you
are trying to achieve. Strategies describe how you achieve the
goals. It is important that your organization has goals and
strategies, and it is especially important that they be correct.
Organizations that fully align to goals and strategies can
achieve powerful results.

TenStep has a strategic planning model called LEAD to help
organizations set the correct goals and strategies and to ensure
that the work aligns to support them.

1. Learn. Collect critical baseline data and assess current
organization. This validates where you are today.
2. Envision. Define the future state of your organization.
Establish goals and strategies to achieve the future state.
3. Act. Determine the gaps between current state and future
state. Create an action plan to close the gaps.
4. Deliver. Convert your action plans into the tangible projects
that close the gaps and move you toward your future state.

LEAD gives you a head start to move your organization forward to
the future.

A project schedule is one of the fundamental tools for a project
manager. It is also one of the most indispensible. It is hard to
imagine most projects being successful without a viable project
schedule.

Yet, there is a lot about a project schedule that eludes many
project managers. This webinar will explain many of these
"secrets". Some you may already know. Some you have probably not
thought about for a while. Some are insights will be new. When
the webinar is over you will have a new appreciation for this
basic yet essential tool.

“Time is money” the saying goes, and lots of it gets
lost in disorganization and disruption. We want to
control our day, but often the day controls us. Some
days it seems we are slaves to our calendar and
emails – with no free will to independently impact
events.

This webinar will help you gain control of your day
by explaining ten great time management tips.
Organize your day, your workload and your work
space.

Let’s face it. Most of us don’t work in best-in-class project
organizations. Most of us don’t work in worst-in-class
organizations either – although many of you might say you are
closer to this designation. The fact is that too many
organizations have basic problems executing projects. Let’s just
call them “challenged”. In other words, projects seem to get
done in spite of you. The projects rely on heroics from project
managers and team members. They have to since your organization
does not have good processes that you can repeat over and over
again for project success.

In this webinar we will discuss some characteristics of
challenged organizations. That is the easy part. The webinar
will also provide insight into some ways to elevate your
organization to a higher level. That is the hard part. We won’t
set expectations that there is one technique or approach that
will magically make everything perfect. But there are logical
techniques and approaches that can help you improve.

This webinar will help you decide which ones make sense for your
organization.

Let’s face it. Most of us don’t work in best-in-class project
organizations. But... most of us don’t work in worst-in-class
organizations either – although many of you might say you are
closer to this designation. The fact is that too many
organizations have basic problems executing projects. Let’s just
call them “challenged”. The projects rely on heroics from
project managers and team members. They have to since your
organization does not have good processes that you can repeat
over and over again for project success.

In this webinar we will discuss the top ten organization
challenges that make it difficult to complete projects
successfully. That is the easy part. We will also provide
insight into some ways to elevate your organization to a higher
level. That is the hard part.

We won’t set expectations that there is one technique or
approach that will magically make everything perfect. But there
are logical techniques and approaches that can help you improve.
This webinar will help you decide which ones make sense for your
organization.

Headquartered in Bahrain, Zain is a
leading telecommunications service provider across the
Middle East and Africa providing mobile voice and data
service to nearly 70 million customers in 24
countries. Group
IT and Zain partnered with TenStep Middle East and
cordin8 technologies, llc on a combined project
management methodology and technology solution. Now
Zain has established a common base of project management
methodology and metrics; initiatives are under way to:

Use the cordin8 portfolio management functions to
improve innovation and idea management

Use the cordin8 KPI Portal to link strategic
project performance and results to strategic initiatives
for both alignment and quantitative performance
management

Increase project management maturity at both
personal and organizational levels in order to improve
strategic performance across the organization and gain
added value from their investment in cordin8 and TenStep
methodology.

The
Strategy Execution Office (SXO) is an office that supports and integrates
strategic performance management, portfolio management, program/project
management, and operational process improvement across the organization for the
senior management teams. It can (and should) be cascaded to lower level units
as required. This office integrates a number of management tools and
competencies to ensure synergy and communication are optimized.

This webinar will provide an overview of the SXO. We will also demonstrate an
SXO software tool - cordin8 collaborative. This product supports key sets of
functionality for the SXO as well as helps to integrate them into one seamless
strategic execution tool that can address both performance management and help
realize strategic plans.

View this webinar to learn more about this exciting new concept and supporting
tool.

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